karenna

karenna specializes in 12 years hospital floor nursing.

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1. Slow Codes

   karenna replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

   I must have worked in the worst hospitals ever. Slow codes on the floor were not out of the ordinary in certain situations.

2. Slow Codes

   karenna posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just wondered what kind of response I might get from this title. Yes---I was a part of several on the night shift. They usually involved 80+ year old people with terminal illnesses who had idiot families that wanted them coded aka tortured before th...

3. Which is better, handwashing or hand sanitizer?

   karenna replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

   Sanitizer--cause you're more likely to actually do it between patients. Who the heck has time to wash their hands while whistling happy birthday? Unless hospitals and nursing homes have changed drastically since I left, nobody has time to do the soap...

4. Dishonest Nurses

   karenna replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Relations

   QUOTE:If you see that the nurse you got report from charted that she had flushed a lock and you had removed the lock the day before, write up an incident report. If you yourself know that a med error was made, write up an incident report. If a pt tel...

5. Dishonest Nurses

   karenna replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Relations

   QUOTE:I was floated at 11:00 pm after the first four hours of a 7P-7A night shift. The registry nurse who was being sent home early gave me report. Charting was done for the entire night until 6:00 am the next morning! I did ask how this could be and...

6. Dishonest Nurses

   karenna replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Relations

   I checked off things I was supposed to have done when I hadn't when I was in the hospital. This bothered me at first but became easier after a while. It was a matter of professional survival. You really don't want a chart going to court that has l...

7. Abandonment???

   karenna replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

   Same old, same old. Want a better life? Get out of the hospital.

8. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

   karenna replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   Only if she agreed to stay far away from hospital or nursing homes jobs.

9. Med Error Question

   karenna replied to cnolan's topic in Medications

   I am personally of the opinion that the hospital would rather not know about med errors if they are minor and not known to anyone but you the nurse. They have to tell you in orientation to write every little freaking thing up just to cover their arse...

10. Med Error Question

    karenna replied to cnolan's topic in Medications

    Quote: "I followed my error with an incident report, and now my standing in med administration is in jeopardy." You made an incident report about this?! A freakin lortab?!! Get real. Stay in this field long enough and you're bound to make more mistak...